starrymessenger

If your a Finns fan Mac Jones is the guy Tua should have been but isn’t. Or maybe that was Justin Herbert. Or maybe anybody else. Key to shutting him down is to stop the running game, especially on early downs. He is very accurate, throws with touch and anticipation and looks to have a good head on his shoulders, but he is not carrying a team with his arm.

Mac Jones cannot carry them with his arm imo especially not vs our secondary.

They are a well coached team on both sides of the ball. As usual. D is very good. Judon is on a tear. Mac Jones is starting to remind me of another system QB who did alright there. He’s very accurate and has very good touch on his throws. Hardly a gun but he can get it done. To me a lot will depend on how effectively we can contain their run game especially on early downs.

Sounds a lot like Shaquille Griffin last week. Boys will be boys.

But could he be the hot read if Josh never even looked his way? Would have been a good call if he had been. I suspect miscommunication.Josh also held on to the ball too long again.

What?

Jets fans looking glum lol

Is this only the 3rd quarter?

The more I see of him the more I think he will be one of last years drafts biggest steals. Kudos to Beane big time.

Spenser Brown did his job

Diggs is smart. Showed the DB phoney ball placement just before the catch.

He had time to see him. Brieda was good for yac.

Mac Jones very hot. Great touch.

Baker has been truly brutal so far.

I like GC a lot and find his takes always informative. Something I would add to his comments about Brieda though is that imo his SF tape from a couple of years back shows that he is not necessarily limited to zone stretch playcalls and that he can run inside. When there is a hole he can hit it quickly wherever it happens to be. I don’t disagree with the fans calling for more sweeps, misdirection etc…in the run game but just as running the ball can set up the pass, being able to run inside is complementary to attacking the edge. The Jags did an excellent job of sealing the edge last week.

Whatever the reason Dion is half the man he was. If it’s COVID I sure hope he can regain his strength, at least by next year. Right now I see a scrub where before there was a franchise left tackle or at least a very reliable starter for the next 10 years.

Klien’s the backup I guess and good when the play is in front of him but I’d like to see Andre on passing downs.

Absolutely they are, or can be, very good on that side of the ball. But the Ravens made them look better than they are. They have assets on O too, but with no QB they aren’t going anywhere imo.

Andre Smith. One pic, one forced fumble.

Yep. And when the fish didn’t blitz the pocket just kept collapsing around LJ all day. Never seen that before. Can’t believe Miami is that good. Ravens need some adjustments on O too.

Wonder if he’s going to show up wearing an alligator uniform.

Never having played the game I’m more than a little hesitant to comment on the technical aspects of o-line play but I don’t see how these two play calls/design are at all comparable and if that is correct it helps, I think, confirm Hapless’ conclusion. There is optionality in the Colts play to where the back is meant, based on what he sees, to cut to the middle of the field (the more probable outcome and what actually happened) or take it outside if the WR has somehow managed to clear a path. No such decision is called for in the Bills play call. Motor never even looks to his left. I think he’s meant to hit the B (or C) gap quickly. Its a zone stretch where given the position of the last defensive lineman on the outside of Feliciano Motor’s read , and the place where the hole was supposed to be, was between Ford and Feliciano. Maybe that’s why Dawkins appears to give up. I get that the LG should have combod to help Dawkins but I thought Dion could still have laid into him better. Anyway the play design and the runners read in no way called for him to cut to the backside. if Reed had done as well as his line mates the Colts back would have had even more daylight. So nice to see well executed o-line play.

I’m all for prioritizing the interior o-line in the draft but honestly idk how folks reliably evaluate players at those positions. Ford and Risner were both highly touted and almost interchangeable as far as their desirability was concerned. Beane obviously met with both. Most observers felt that Risner was going to move inside. Maybe the Bills thought Ford could play tackle in the nfl. Except for Nelson who is on his way to the hall you’ve got supposed generational talents drafted high in the first round who busted. Greg Robinson most recently and then the 2013 fiasco with Cooper and Warmack. Then you’ve got a late round Teller whose in the discussion as amongst the best. There must be something about interior line play at the professional level that makes even apparently obvious picks risky even when experts are making them.

Dalvin should just be reaching for his check book around now if he can make it go away. Him the victim? Sure. And maybe Pee Wee Herman could take down Ali.

I hear you and can understand your frustration and it may be true that they might have stuck with him too long but based on general consensus pre-draft evaluations taking Ford where they did was probably not a dumb thing to do, not by any means. Everybody seemed to love him. I thought he was clumsy but all the experts insisted that for a guy his size his feet were very nimble and agile, plus he was a mauler. I don’t understand what the hell has happened to him or how he could have turned out so bad. I have to wonder if it’s not all in his head somehow.